Deontay Wilder launches scathing attack on Dillian Whyte after rival ‘fails drug test’ (Metro)

Deontay Wilder has reacted furiously to the allegation Dillian Whyte failed a drug test before his fight with Oscar Rivas.

The British heavyweight is set to be engulfed by the second doping scandal of his pro career, but his promoter Eddie Hearn insisted Whyte was cleared to fight by the British Boxing Board of Control.

The alleged failed test came just a few days before his scheduled bout with Rivas, a fight which secured Whyte the mandatory position to Wilder’s belt, but the WBC champion has now launched a scathing attack on his rival.

‘Now here you have a fighter that has been recently reported of taking PEDs,’ Wilder said, with a picture of Whyte in the post. Read more